Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-18
WILD EYED ANARCHISTS
Hungarians, Poles, Slavonians and
Italians in the Coal Fields of Penn
sylvania Becoming Desperate.
Scheme on Foot TO Kul Coal Kings, Blow
up Mines and Destroy Property.
The Rcd Flag,

NEW YORK, Oct. IA Freeland, Penn
sylvania, special says: 1.-THE serious
effects of the great coal strike are fast be-
coming visible. All kinds OF business
terribly depressed while many of the
small stores are closed. The saloons,
particularly those which were trausacting
an INSCRIPTIONS and vile trade, appear
to be the only concerns doing any Ousi-
ness. Low groggerles are rapidly be-
coming the headquarters OF the desperate
men who usually put in an appearance
when cCal mining interests are shocked
by strike. FreelSnd, which has always
been the rendezvous Of g laWless body OF
Hungarian, Italian, SlavoniSn and Polish
ruffi3ns, is at present crowded with evil
spirits. These wicked foreigners openly
defy the authorities, and the regular
congtGbulery finds plenty TO do to frus-
trate the lsw breaking schemes concerted
by the crooks. The announcement made
by the agents of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company that all the COM
penY's works will be stopped for one
yesr unless the strikers return to
work by the goth inst, has created much
excitement in Panther Valley district and
elsewhere in the Lehigh region, but there
is little possibility of any of the opera
tives of the Company returning to work.
The Lehigh operators are still actively
corresponding with the bureaus in New
York, Philadelphia, Boston and Bslti-
more, and strong efforts are being made
to obtain lsborers TO run the collieries,
but all these schemes are futile. It is
reported that some mining firms are try
ing to employ Cinnamon, but the story
lacks confirmation. Meanwhile master
coal shippers and railroad managers are
getting fat and sleek through immense
profits. The situation in the mining
centers has reached a deplorable point.
A tour through outlying districts show
that restitution, misery and suffering
prevail TO an alarming extent in the Hun
garian Polish and Slavonlan settlements,
committee has discovered several fsmi-
lies suffering for the bare necesssries of
life. There is also much sickness. In
some places relief men and physi-
clans are Kept busy. AS there is an
excellent prospect OF the strike
extending TO Lsckawapna regions by the
close of the present month, the outlook
for the general coal trade is exceedingly
dark and discoursging. The individual
operators are completely at the mercy of
the monopolists and apprehensive that
their business will be utterly ruined. The
ansrchistic element is evincing q strong
disposition to start revolution.
The followers of the Red Flag have held
several largely attended meetings and
the hsrangues OF long-haired and wild
eyed agitetors have been of 8 character
calculated to inspire the anarchists with
g terrible feeling Of revenge. The an
srchist leaders advocate the killing Of the
coal kings, the blowing up of mines
and burning of colliery property. The
argus-eyed detectives employed by
the coal men attend all these gatherings,
and the proceedings are carefully noted
down. The leading anarchists are con-
stantly Swallowed and upon the first in
dication of open rebellion of any kind the
arch conspirators will be scooped in and
jailed.